Method for Transmitting and Receiving Uplink Sounding Reference Signal, Base Station and Mobile Terminal

• US 20110105167A1
• Filed: 06/19/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Company Limited (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: China Academy of Telecom Technology (China Information Communication Technology Group Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Miao, Deshan, Ding, Yu, Pan, Xueming, Suo, Shiqiang
• Granted Patent: US 8,755,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/507
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0671 using different delays between antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2613 Structure of the reference signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2647 Arrangements specific to the receiver only equalisation H04L27/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0005 Time-frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0023 Time-frequency-space
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0051 of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

The field of wireless communications is related, especially the technique of transmitting uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) by a mobile terminal with multiple transmission antennas is related. A method for receiving uplink sounding reference signal includes the following steps: receiving the SRS signals, which are respectively transmitted from respective radio frequency transmission modules of the mobile terminal according to the respectively allocated Transmission Comb (TC) values and Cyclic Shift (CS) values when the transmission period arrives, wherein TC values and/or CS values allocated for any two radio frequency transmission modules are different; determining the radio frequency transmission module corresponding to every received SRS signal according to the TC values and CS values respectively allocated for respective radio frequency transmission modules. A device for receiving uplink sounding reference signal, a method and a device for transmitting uplink sounding reference signal are also provided. Because different TC values and/or different CS values are allocated for respective radio frequency transmission modules, (multiple) radio frequency transmission modules can transmit SRS signals through (multiple) transmission antennas during the same transmission period by way of Frequency Division Multiplex (FDM) or Code Division Multiplex (CDM).

Claims

1. A method for receiving uplink sounding reference signals, comprising:

receiving uplink Sounding Reference Signals, SRSs, transmitted from radio frequency transmission modules of a mobile terminal according to respective Transmission Comb, TC, values and Cyclic Shift, CS, values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules upon arrival of a transmission cycle, wherein any two of the radio frequency transmission modules are assigned with different TC values and/or different CS values; and

determining, from the respective TC values and CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules, one of the radio frequency transmission modules corresponding to each of the received SRSs.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before receiving the SRSs transmitted from the radio frequency transmission modules of the mobile terminal according to the respective TC values and CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules upon arrival of a transmission cycle,

assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the TC values and the CS values and transmitting assignment information to the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

before assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the TC values and the CS values,

deriving the number of radio frequency transmission modules of the mobile terminal,

wherein assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the TC values and the CS values comprises assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the TC values and the CS values according to the derived number of radio frequency transmission modules.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the TC values and the CS values comprises:

assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the same TC value and different CS values;

or

assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the same CS value and different TC values;

or

assigning any two of the radio frequency transmission modules with different CS values and different TC values.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the different CS values based on the following formula:

CS_n+1=(CS_n+CS_Shift)%m

wherein n is a natural number ranging from 1 to N, N being the number of radio frequency transmission modules, CS_n is a CS value of the n^th radio frequency transmission module, CS_Shift is a preset CS shift, and m is a preset positive integer.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the assignment information comprises the same TC value and one of the different CS values.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the number of radio frequency transmission modules is two, and

wherein assigning the radio frequency transmission modules with the different TC values comprises:

assigning the two radio frequency transmission modules respectively with TC1 and TC2, wherein TC1=! TC2.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the assignment information comprises the same CS value and one of the different TC values.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the assignment information comprises all of the TC values and the CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules.

10. A method for transmitting uplink sounding reference signals, comprising:

detecting arrival of a transmission cycle; and

controlling radio frequency transmission modules to transmit SRSs according to respective TC values and CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules upon arrival of the transmission cycle, wherein any two of the radio frequency transmission modules are assigned with different TC values and/or different CS values.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

before controlling the radio frequency transmission modules to transmit the SRSs according to the respective TC values and CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules,

receiving assignment information on the TC values and the CS values assigned by a base station for the radio frequency transmission modules; and

determining, from the assignment information, the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

before receiving the assignment information on the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules,

reporting the number of radio frequency transmission modules to the base station,

wherein the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules are determined according to the number of radio frequency transmission modules.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the TC values and the CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules comprise:

the same TC value and different CS values of the radio frequency transmission modules;

or

the same CS value and different TC values of the radio frequency transmission modules;

or

different CS values and different TC values of the radio frequency transmission modules.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the assignment information comprises the same TC value and one of the different CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules;

and

wherein determining, from the assignment information, the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules comprises;

determining, from the TC value in the assignment information, the same TC value to be configured for the radio frequency transmission modules;

determining the different CS values from the one CS value in the assignment information; and

determining the determined different CS values to be configured for the radio frequency transmission modules;

or

wherein the assignment information comprises the same CS value and one of the different TC values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules; and

wherein determining, from the assignment information, the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules comprises;

determining, from the CS value in the assignment information, the same CS value to be configured for the radio frequency transmission modules;

determining the different TC values from the one TC value in the assignment information; and

determining the determined different TC values to be configured for the radio frequency transmission modules;

or

wherein the assignment information comprises all of the TC values and the CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules.

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20. A mobile terminal, comprising multiple transmission antennas for transmitting SRSs and further comprising:

a cycle detection module adapted to detect arrival of a transmission cycle; and

a signal transmission module adapted to control radio frequency transmission modules to transmit the SRSs according to respective TC values and CS values assigned for the radio frequency transmission modules when the cycle detection module detects arrival of the transmission cycle, wherein any two of the radio frequency transmission modules are assigned with different TC values and/or different CS values.

21. The mobile terminal of claim 20, further comprising:

an assignment information reception module adapted to receive assignment information on the TC values and the CS values assigned by a base station for the radio frequency transmission modules; and

a configuration module adapted to determine, from the assignment information received by the assignment information reception module, the TC values and the CS values assigned by the base station for the radio frequency transmission modules and configure the radio frequency transmission modules according to a determination result.

22. The mobile terminal of claim 21, further comprising:

a number reporting module adapted to report the number of radio frequency transmission modules to the base station.